Registration No: SV 5762
Frame No: 2313M
Engine No: FZ 21839
CC: 600
MOT: Exempt

• This Scott has been in the family since 1995
• A older restoration in need of some recommissioning
• The level of preparation suggests it may have been used for competition in the past

The Squirrel name was used for Scott motorcycles since 1921 but with the death of the founder Alfred Angas Scott in 1923 the unorthodox Scott two-stroke motorcycles began to become more conventional. Development of the three-speed Scott Flying Squirrel began in 1922 as the company was in severe debt and faced receivership. Launched at the 1926 Earls Court motorcycle show, the Flying Squirrel was expensive - nearly twice the cost of a sporting four-stroke motorcycle of the time. Updated version were produced. In 1950, the rights were bought by the Birmingham based Aerco Company and in 1956 they produced what are known as the Birimingham Scotts.

This Scott has been in the family since 1995, and being an older restoration it is in need of some recommissioning work. Originally bearing the London registration ‘GC 7497’ and registered in Feb 1930, notes in the document file suggest one time fitting of engine no 27TT4. The level of preparation (note Webb forks and twin float carb etc) suggest it may have been used for competition in the past. Further research may well prove rewarding. Although there is nothing in writing, family folklore suggests the machine may well have been exercised at Cadwell Park and possibly elsewhere. The paperwork file contains old MOTs, RF60 buff logbook and some notes etc. This Scott represents an excellent opportunity to acquire a potentially lively Scott, eminently suited to the Banbury Run and other VMCC runs and for occasional track events.